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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11453
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14481
13 Actual Demand 11170
14 Aggregate Planning 12096
15 Air Cargo 10029
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6613
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34807
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15309
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19155
20 Assembly Line 22256
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22923
22 Average Speed of Answer 26527
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23046
24 Batch Production 38260
25 Bill Discounting 14465
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11157
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7111
28 Blanket Release 9970
29 Bonded Warehouse 10032
30 Booking Number 13720
31 Bottleneck 9460
32 Buffer Stock 59120
33 Build to Stock 12890
34 Bullwhip Effect 9538
35 Business Logistics 25564
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12532
37 Capacity Management 40355
38 Capacity Utilization 14053
39 Capital Intensive 8359
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8680
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12081
42 Certified Supplier 8941
43 Channel Effectiveness 8895
44 Co-Destiny 9253
45 Co-managed Inventory 12423
46 Co-Packers 11728
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6823
48 Computer-Based Training 7660
49 Consular Invoice 19697
50 Container Depot 10570
51 Container Freight Station 10249
52 Continuous Replenishment 19423
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12034
54 Contract Carrier 7299
55 Contract of Affreightment 11376
56 Control Charts 7929
57 Cost Flow 10229
58 Courier Service 15178
59 CPFR 8181
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11749
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44045
62 Date Code 18155
63 Days of Supply 19777
64 Dead on Arrival 9192
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7273
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8068
67 Detective Control 8877
68 Devanning 14176
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10827
70 Dispatching 24398
71 Distributed Inventory 8314
72 Distribution Channel Management 34633
73 Distribution Metrics 9058
74 Distribution Planning 24150
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15162
76 Double Marginalization 52588
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22243
78 Dual 5415
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20561
80 Echelon Inventory 26143
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38211
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49571
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7579
84 Efficient Frontier 25403
85 Engineer-to-Order 31670
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16359
87 Erlang B Formula 9311
88 ETD 8294
89 Ex Works 7805
90 Exception Rate 13433
91 Exponential smoothing 9795
92 External Growth 10030
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9392
94 Field Services 7716
95 Field Warehouse 10309
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8714
97 Fishbone Diagram 14564
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26947
99 Flow Through Distribution 12272
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8134
101 FOB Destination 12979
102 Forward buying 30023
103 Freight Charge 10285
104 Freight Consolidation 7492
105 Gantt Chart 8263
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11685
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29519
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12641
109 Hub 23361
110 Idle Time 8030
 
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